Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24
HOW TO LIVE LONG.
Why Fcoblsnoss In not In Every Case the
Necessity OF Old Ago.


sire of Il long life we surely should In.
cludc the desire for healthy life. The
question of how to live in physical
sense. therefore, becomes subject for
careful study. It is all the more i'm.
portant because the conditions change
with the change Of age. 1t will not do
to apply the methods of infancy or OF
early life to middle life and old age.
! The great inclination of youth is to
exercise. The free use of the body up
to tho extent of its powers is not only
the means of acquiring more power,
but OF retaining what we have. So we
are to insist upon it that all through
the growing period of life the
law of activity prevails. There is nc
substitute for 1t. This tends to pro-
long tho period of growth. Some have
contcnded that the longer this period
can be made tho more likely is long
life to be secured. Animals that live
long arc generally slowcst in reaching
their fullest perfection. Food ut the
early periods needs to have special
reference TO construction. Hence it Is
that milk and eggs and all tho various
foods are rclishcd in quantities. IN
childhood. the healthy appetite &C.
ccpts all of the various forms Of food.
There is growth, energy and much
constructive force. and so all of the
food clements are needed. Later on,
tho person, il wise, comes to study
food and exercise with reference to the
kind of excrtion that is to be put forth.
The indoor life. even If 1t be one of
toll. must not be dealt with rs Is the
outdoor life. Scdcn,ary callinss must
have some relief by exercise in the open
air If the same food supply is used.
Now is the time TO study the tendency
of the system. II it is to lcanncss on
: the one hand. orplcthora on the other.
the fact should govern tho diet. There
are some senses in which the adagc is
true that man is either fool or his
own doctor ut forty. BY this time he
has come to appreciate some laws OF
his own constitution, and to have some
experience rs to his tendencies. II
under good sclf-control. lie will heed
these lessons. Not unlikely he will
need to consult, now and then, the stu
dent Of disease. but ho does it to nh.
tain his opinion on the basis OF his
own experience. He takes him into
consultation over his life. in order that
he may be helped in deductions there
from. The law of pliability or adjust.
mcnt must be studied and practiced by
himself
Most of those who die between
twenty-five and sixty. unless they die
by accident, die by some indiscrction.
II is the ovcr-indulgcncc of'appetite,
or the neglect of food when needed. OF
the overstrain Of business, or exposure
to changes of temperature without
corresponding changes of clothing.
Most people of these ages arc con-
scious of the error after it has been
made, or others are conscious OF 1t fol
them. Without undue captiousncss
we can note changed conditions and
adapt ourselves thereto. Multitudcs
die prcmaturcly by reason of an indis-
erection which might have been easily
avoided. 1t is intelligent caution that
saves sickness. and this caution ough:
/ 20 he i'm possession and exercise before
middle life. 1t is so much easier to
prevent serious sickness than it is to
secure recovery from it. Hence il
is that so many that are deficient in
visor in early life outlivc the vigorous
and the careless Necessity compels
them to study their changing condi.
tons of health. and so teaches them
the benefits of adaptivencss to condi'
tons and circumstances.
After middle life it is always to be
recognized that process of degenera.
ton has begun, The tissues are less
flexible and less easily nourishcd.
Organs have not the activity of youth.
Some Of them have become more or
less impaired. The safety is in rccog.
nizng the facts and treating them &c
cordingly. 1t is wonderful how the
system often bears up under tho
partial disability of an organ or
part if there is adaptation to its weak.
ness. and some compensation therefor.
In a state of inability each organ tends
to give to some other helping hand.
They will be workers for each other II
only we are co.workers. The enlarged
heart freed from excitements and
fatigue lasts score Of years The
weak stomach accepts the substituted
digestion of the rest Of the digestive
tract or the outside digestion which
chemistry offers. Even old age tends
10 last The natural degeneration OF
tissues or vessels is too often hurried
forward by spells of undue cxertion
Or by too constant repose, while good